Ford Trimotor plane

A Ford Trimotor plane at Tulsa's McIntyre Airport, East Admiral Place and Sheridan Road, in 1927. The Trimotor fleet was on a nationwide tour. At the time, Tulsa was not on the National Navigation System (Ponca City & Muskogee were). Skelly had made arrangements for planes needing to refuel in Tulsa.

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Preservation and archiving of this significant Tulsa treasure of photographs and artifacts was made possible through the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Historical Society, and the generosity of Tulsa World/Lorton Family, Chester Cadieux, the Rotary Club of Tulsa, and many other community-minded corporations, institutions, and individuals.